from science to practice: the missing link
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Ana María Loboguerrero
Regional Program Leader for CCAFS Latin America
From Science to Practice: The Missing Link
Understanding impact delivery from agricultural research breakout session
How can science influence decision making processes?
Formula for change
Tools Information
Farmers
Private
sector
Producers
associations
Government
Decision makers Better decisions
Poverty Unemployment Climate Impacts
Sustainable Development Environment International Agreements
Economic Growth
+ + =
Science, Policy, Decisions: Information Chains
Knowledge
generation
Knowledge “Translation”
(Tailoring)
Knowledge
Application
New research
questions
Research centers,
Academia, NARSDecisions, policyBoundary organizations
New knowledge
demands
Here are the main challenges:
Need a “new type” of Scientist
(Translator, Integrator)
From Walter Baethgen (IRI)
Example: Information Chain in Disaster Risk Management
Climate
Science
Climate
Information
Products
Climate Information
and Outputs
for Disasters
National
Emergency
System
Local
Implementation
Photo: World Bank
• When the links are not present:
Create them
• Solution is not to “skip links”, but
to create/strengthen them
The example of Colombia
Crop Modelers
Weather Scientists
Producers Organizations
Farmers
Millions of raw data
Relationships
between weather
and production
Make forecasts for
the next crop season
Inform what can
be expected
Key partners in the
success of the process
Why do partnerships
often fail?
In this context…
What is the role of
partnerships?
Are partnerships
essential to reach
scale?
My hypothesis
And are the “missing
link” when science
doesn’t translate into
practice
PARTNERSHIPS are
in the heart of the
information chains
Sets of partners
• Research partners
• Public sector, inter-governmental and policy partners
• Non-governmental development partners
• Private sector partners
Principles for AR4D
• Allocate resources in
three thirds – needs,
research, capacity
• Join in external
processes
• Sustain co-learning
• Invest in, and monitor,
capacity enhancement
• Use research products to
build scientific credibility
Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society -all must uphold high standards of
probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership between the
Government and its people can bring about positive change to
create a just society.
Extracted from: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pratibhapa506705.html
Pratibha Patil
• What are the different ways of achieving impact at scale and how do we engage major change makers? (policy changes? Extension approaches? Big data approaches?)
• What ways and models of working with partners are successful? (Trust? Going beyond lip service? Joint commitment? Communication?)
• What are the incentives for coordinated action and what are the lessons learnt?
Questions
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